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celebrating Sarah Burke

Sarah Jean Burke (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005.

She successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have the event added to the Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was considered a medal favourite in the event. Burke died following a training accident in Utah. …

Burke’s memory lived on in Sochi with a tributes from volunteers who skied in a heart shape before the halfpipe finals.

2 thoughts on “celebrating Sarah Burke”

What a Beautiful thing to do in memory of Sarah! I am sure that she can look down and back and see what a wonderful bunch of Friends that she made in the short time that she had here on Earth! Michael Cates